Mosberg Tactical Lever Gun

[ndcowboy]

Oh boy...you probably won't believe this, especially without a picture:

http://www.gunsholstersandgear.com/2012 ... more-11961

[ndcowboy]

Crud! I just saw there was already a post on this. Sorry guys.

[Griff]

Yep, I was just about to post the link: http://www.levergunscommunity.com/viewt ... 53&start=0

[Hobie]

Great minds think alike.

[horsesoldier03]

This thread should be titled WORLDS UGLIEST LEVERGUN!!!

[Rusty]

Somebody needs to have the stuff beat out of them

[Rimfire McNutjob]

Technically, you're posting about the .22 with the AK style flash hider whereas the other post is ridiculing the 30-30 with the AR style flash hider. So ... you're good.

[86er]

Mossberg is trying to resurect the interest, dependence and demand for lever actions and the ol' thuty-thuty. The marketing people think "tacticool" will invoke new found interest in the time-tested design and well proven cartridge. The hope is that Generation Y will realize the usefulness and dependability of the levergun and versatility of the 30WCF. The next stage for the new owner would be a .22 for plinking and small game and a 30WCF in a more traditional format, or a 45-70 (Mossberg has tossed the idea around) for big game hunting. I'll bet for some consumers this platform will draw their attention and they will respond as Mossberg hopes they will by expanding their levergun tools and applications. I just hope they have all the bugs worked out. If it proves to be unreliable or easily put out of commission, just the opposite will occur. The conclusion will be a reinforcement of what they previously may have thought - that leverguns are outdated and inferior. While this gun is no for me because it doesn't suit my tastes or uses I think Mossberg should be commended for thinking outside the box and bringing a "retro" platform into the modern position to reach the new generation.

About 80 years after the heyday of the single shot rifle's initial popularity (primarily as buffalo guns but also big game hunting rifles) a lot of folks were laughing at Bill Ruger for bringing the hammer rifle into modern form. After the heckling subsided, lots of folks bought #1's and 3's and expanded into modern Sharps clones, Dakota's and a bunch of other single shot rifles.

[3leggedturtle]

no excuse, Sargeant... no comment, Top..... not gonna speak up or comment on this one. On 2nd thought, it looks like it was designed by 4 or 5 committees

[AJMD429]

Mossberg is trying to resurect the interest, dependence and demand for lever actions and the ol' thuty-thuty. The marketing people think "tacticool" will invoke new found interest in the time-tested design and well proven cartridge. The hope is that Generation Y will realize the usefulness and dependability of the levergun and versatility of the 30WCF. The next stage for the new owner would be a .22 for plinking and small game and a 30WCF in a more traditional format, or a 45-70 (Mossberg has tossed the idea around) for big game hunting. I'll bet for some consumers this platform will draw their attention and they will respond as Mossberg hopes they will by expanding their levergun tools and applications. I just hope they have all the bugs worked out. If it proves to be unreliable or easily put out of commission, just the opposite will occur. The conclusion will be a reinforcement of what they previously may have thought - that leverguns are outdated and inferior. While this gun is no for me because it doesn't suit my tastes or uses I think Mossberg should be commended for thinking outside the box and bringing a "retro" platform into the modern position to reach the new generation.

About 80 years after the heyday of the single shot rifle's initial popularity (primarily as buffalo guns but also big game hunting rifles) a lot of folks were laughing at Bill Ruger for bringing the hammer rifle into modern form. After the heckling subsided, lots of folks bought #1's and 3's and expanded into modern Sharps clones, Dakota's and a bunch of other single shot rifles.

Much as I like my 'Night Scout' better, I agree with everything you say. If some folks actually find it cool, that's fine. Personally, the first AR-15 guns I saw (in the 1970's) were so silly and cheap looking I'd never wanted one, and got a 'real' gun (a Mini-14) instead, assuming I could hit a gnat's eyeball with it, since it shot .223, and was just a small version of the M1-A National Match I'd seen others shoot . Later on, when I went to a match with my Mini-14, proud of my 4-6" "combat" groups at 100 yards, I saw people with the cheap plastic AR's getting 1/2" groups, and began to realize that looks aren't everything.

Same thing happened with 'old bolt actions' - they all looked like cheap stage props, and all looked pretty much the same, so what was the big deal with 'collecting' them...? Now I realize that when Krags and Mausers and so on were dirt-cheap, I should have grabbed some, and now I could better appreciate their nuances.

Whatever floats a person's boat, as long as it is mechanically safe to use.

[2 dogs]

I just want 5 minutes alone in a dark room with the man responsible for this thing.

5 minutes......

[t.r.]

I had to stretch my mind to come up with a positive responce: very creative design. Someone was definatley thinking outside of the box.

TR

[Old Ironsights]

Mossberg is trying to resurect the interest, dependence and demand for lever actions and the ol' thuty-thuty. The marketing people think "tacticool" will invoke new found interest in the time-tested design and well proven cartridge. The hope is that Generation Y will realize the usefulness and dependability of the levergun and versatility of the 30WCF. The next stage for the new owner would be a .22 for plinking and small game and a 30WCF in a more traditional format, or a 45-70 (Mossberg has tossed the idea around) for big game hunting. I'll bet for some consumers this platform will draw their attention and they will respond as Mossberg hopes they will by expanding their levergun tools and applications. I just hope they have all the bugs worked out. If it proves to be unreliable or easily put out of commission, just the opposite will occur. The conclusion will be a reinforcement of what they previously may have thought - that leverguns are outdated and inferior. While this gun is no for me because it doesn't suit my tastes or uses I think Mossberg should be commended for thinking outside the box and bringing a "retro" platform into the modern position to reach the new generation.

About 80 years after the heyday of the single shot rifle's initial popularity (primarily as buffalo guns but also big game hunting rifles) a lot of folks were laughing at Bill Ruger for bringing the hammer rifle into modern form. After the heckling subsided, lots of folks bought #1's and 3's and expanded into modern Sharps clones, Dakota's and a bunch of other single shot rifles.

Yeah, that.

Though IMO if someone wanted to REALLY make a "tactical" levergun it would be based on either the Savage 99C or the Ruler 96/44 so they could be QD box mag fed...

[Blaine]

If it sells, good...someone is buying guns...if not?, they'll pull it next year....It's OH, so not my cup of tea, though

[bdhold]

I keep trying to attribute this weapon to the Onion, Mad Magazine, or hoplologic parody, but it just won't go away.

[rock-steady]

I'll have trouble sleeping now after seeing the tacti-cool lever nightmare.

[new pig hunter]

and there will, of course, be a Zombie version ....
http://www.thetruthaboutguns.com/2012/0 ... g-464-spx/

Cheers,

Carl

[Old Ironsights]

Tacticool is nothing new...

Just look at what the Zombie Hunter Kids did to their Liege Lord's Matchlock Handgonnes...

[tomtex]

Well it's nice, but could use a 10 rd box mag. for 44 cal s&w, so i could hunt down them bigfoots

[Old Ironsights]

Well it's nice, but could use a 10 rd box mag.

Someday I'll actually get one of those made for my 99C...

Until then:

[Griff]

Well it's nice, but could use a 10 rd box mag.

Someday I'll actually get one of those made for my 99C...
Until then:

Someone has TOO much time on their hands!!!

[bdhold]

I figured out what the third rail is for

[GonnePhishin]

Looks like the stock was broken off and someone jury rigged up a piece of pipe to the back of the receiver.
"FUGLY"

Also, give me a break, a muzzle break on a 22?

And GRIFF, you put the hand hold way too close to the magazine on your model

[Buck Elliott]

Lord, please don't let firearms designers learn how to use Photoshop...!!!!

[1894c]

Oh boy...you probably won't believe this, especially without a picture:

http://www.gunsholstersandgear.com/2012 ... more-11961

yuk... :(

[rjohns94]

Ugly! No way for me